John Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley
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The Viscount Goderich The Duke of Wellington | |
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Preceded by | George Canning |
Succeeded by | The Earl of Aberdeen |
Personal details | |
Born | 9 August 1781 |
Died | 6 March 1833 | (aged 51)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Tory |
Parent(s) | William Ward, 3rd Viscount Dudley and Ward Julia Bosville |
Alma mater | |
John William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley,
Background and education
Dudley was the son of
Political career
Dudley entered the House of Commons in 1802 as one of two representatives for Downton. He held this seat until 1803 and later represented Worcestershire from 1803 to 1806, Petersfield from 1806 to 1807, Wareham from 1807 to 1812, Ilchester from 1812 to 1819 and Bossiney from 1819 to 1823. The latter year he succeeded his father in the peerage and took his seat in the House of Lords.
In 1827 Ward was appointed
Slave holder
Dudley was associated with three different cases, he owned 665 slaves in Jamaica and his estate was awarded a £12,728 payment at the time (worth £1.29 million in 2024[1]).[2]
Personal life
Dudley died unmarried on 6 March 1833, aged 51. His two viscountcies and his earldom became extinct on his death while he was succeeded in his junior title of Baron Ward by his second cousin Reverend William Humble Ward.
Industries of the estate
As Lord of Dudley, John Ward inherited mineral bearing lands in the
John William Ward inherited estates in Jamaica from his grandmother Mary, Viscountess Dudley and Ward, which included enslaved people. After emancipation of the slaves in 1833, the Dudley estate received compensation for the freed slaves (the Earl having died by this time).[5]
Works
Letters from Ward to Helen D'Arcy Stewart were published as Letters to "Ivy" from the first Earl of Dudley (1905).[6]
References
- ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "John William Ward, Earl of Dudley". University College London. Retrieved on 15 September 2021.
- ISBN 978-0-900911-25-5.
- ISBN 978-0-7524-9308-4.
- ^ "'John William Ward, Earl of Dudley', Legacies of British Slave-ownership database". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ 1st Earl of Dudley, John William Ward (1905). Romilly, Samuel Henry (ed.). Letters to 'Ivy' from the first Earl of Dudley. London, New York, Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co.
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- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Dudley, Barons and Earls of". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the